Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in Charleston, SC

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay range in Charleston

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $61,710 a year or less, while the top 10% make $154,200 or more. The middle half of nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Charleston earn between $74,630 and $104,040.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year (BLS publishes this job's pay as annual only). Hourly to annual salary.

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary pay in Charleston vs. South Carolina and the U.S.

Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Charleston earn 4% more than the South Carolina average ($88,730) and 7% more than the U.S. average ($86,410). At the median the gap is -4% against the U.S. median of $80,250.

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary after taxes in Charleston

On the average salary of $92,080, a single filer in Charleston takes home about $69,819 a year, or $5,818 a month and $2,685 every two weeks. Taxes take 24% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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Is Charleston a good place for nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Charleston area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 101.0), so the average $92,080 buys what about $91,203 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Charleston ($49,150). A typical home costs $435,877, or 4.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary in other South Carolina cities

Charleston ranks 2nd of 4 South Carolina metro areas for this job; Columbia pays the most ($123,350).

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Waco, TX pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($163,530).

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